Bioshock: Rounding out the cast of the video game adaptation, Bioshock, will be Michael Stuhlbarg (Sweet Tooth, Sinkhole) and Brooklynn Prince (Calamity, Blood on the Moon). Stuhlbarg will play an unhinged doctor, while Prince will play the infamous Little Sisters, genetically altered young girls. Tim Miller is directing. H.G. Hansen penned the adaptation.
Newbury Street: The Matt Damon-led crime drama from director Todd Field and writer Lon Charles has added Tequan Richmond ("General Hospital", Blue Caprice), David Arquette (Once Upon a Time in Venice, Bone Tomahawk) and Mimi Rogers (Affairs of State, "Bosch"). Richmond will play the suspect in a crime, Arquette will play a detective, while Rogers will play Damon's mother-in-law.
The Kingmaker Chronicles: Tom Hardy (God of War, Crowley) has finally settled on his latest film, a medieval adventure film from writers Jack Ryder, Mo Buck and Dominic Wilkins. James Gray (Atlantic City, The Lost City of Z) has been hired to direct the film, which will feature Hardy as a medieval king who loses interest in ruling, but is having trouble picking someone to hand over the throne to. Matthew Goode (Black Dublin, Hellraiser), Christoph Waltz (Mandingos, Death and All His Friends) and Walton Goggins (October Crisis, Fevre Dream) have also joined the film. Goode will play a neighboring king, Waltz will play Hardy's most trusted advisor, while Goggins will play a commoner who finds himself in contention to take over the kingdom.
Red Farm: Garrett Hedlund (Outlaw Country, Damned Ship) and rising star Florence Pugh (One for the Ages, The Tower) have signed on to headline the horror-thriller Red Farm from director F. Javier Gutierrez (Before the Fall, Rings) and writer Billy Cruder (Village of Madness, Adr1ft). Hedlund plays the leader of a group of bank robbers, while Pugh will play a young woman they kidnap while making their getaway.
Beartown: Sam Rockwell (Cosa Nostra, Nevada, Iowa), Malin Akerman (Perfect Blue, Evangelion) and Sabrina Carpenter (The Hate U Give, "Girl Meets World") have signed on to star in a film adaptation of the novel Beartown by Fredrik Backman. The film tells the story of a small Alaskan town that lives and breathes hockey that is threatened by a sexual assault accusation. Rockwell will play the general manager of the town's junior hockey team, Akerman will play his wife, and Carpenter will play their daughter who is sexually assaulted by one of the town's most promising hockey players. Lee Toland Krieger (Celeste and Jesse Forever, The Age of Adaline) has been hired to direct the film based on an adaptation by Rosie JoLove (Ubik).
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